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146 examples of Apocalyptic in a sentence

Richard Chamberlain is David Burton, a tax lawyer living in Sydney, Australia who is drawn into a murder trial defending five Aboriginal men accused of murdering a fellow native in Peter Weir's apocalyptic 1977 thriller The Last Wave.
Kind of a hybrid version of STEPFORD WIVES and THEY LIVE, the movie commits early to its apocalyptic Miltonesque vision and horror fans will likely not have many complaints until the soppy, maudlin denoument.
The movie is fraught with puzzling, dark foreboding images of apocalyptic end world disasters and warns of a future island tsunami and doom.
From the psychedelic graphics of the introductory credits and the great score by Ennio Morricone to the lesbian love scene with Capucine and the elaborately produced apocalyptic no man's land battle scenes with poison gas and German cavalry in full gas proof 'storm trooper' gear, this is a movie that should not be missed.
It's not just the low budget and the extreme use of gore; the odd casting, the twisted premise and the apocalyptic ending all feel very exploitation-like.
John Crapenter's score is so good (got the remastered CD) and the apocalyptic tone & style of a ruined New York is one of the great things about this film.
Awesomely disturbing, with beautiful filmography, great acting and a nice apocalyptic feel.
I belong to the first category: 2 kids growing up in a nuke shelter with a large collection of detective novels deciding to be the post apocalyptic worlds first dicks, The Atomic Dicks!
Fastpaced wachy post apocalyptic tong-in-the-cheek comedy.
But I mean anyone who watches this flick now for the first time will give this maybe a 4 if they are a post apocalyptic flick lover type like me, and a 1 or 2 if not.
So all you people who are giving this flick 1 star, obviously you never saw the flick in the 70's when I did, with its very cool post apocalyptic scenes and its very cool RV that had missiles and could go over oceans in raging gales, and Jan Michael, and of course one of those lines you can't get iota your head, George Peppard screaming "We Got Us Some Killa Cockroaches Here!".
In fact it's hard not to see REPO MAN'S influence throughout this film, which portrays Los Angeles as an apocalyptic wasteland and its residents as drug and sex crazed loonies.
Damnation Alley is set in a post apocalyptic America in world war three a band of survivors led by air-force major dent-on George Peppard following an accident at their base travel in style in a land-master which essentially is a deluxe camper van which is capable of traveling over rough terrain it has to be seen to be believed!
I fine apocalyptic films interesting as a rule, but the directors over the top use of the color orange was distracting.
For a post- apocalyptic sci-fi type film, it's amazing how very little else happens in its very s- l-o-w two hours.
Now, I love suspenseful thrillers and there has been some amazing movies based on an apocalyptic scenario; The Day After, Dawn of the Dead, 12 Monkeys, 28 Days Later, Planet of the Apes, Terminator etal, so was really looking forward to this movie.
The original score - at once sad, foreboding and apocalyptic - complements the tone nicely.
Overall enjoyable for sci-fi fans who like apocalyptic themes.Give it a go for the sake of mankind!
I love the dark and apocalyptic feel to it, this definitely looks like the generation that's gonna witness the end of everything.
I always find it funny in these 80's post apocalyptic films that people can create makeshift bombs, build shelters, but can't fashion a spoon with which to eat!
Lacking the fun of most post apocalyptic camp, and certainly the zombies, this show takes itself all too seriously.
In many ways, a blatant and poor rip off of mad max... as the guy drives from place to place in this post apocalyptic future.
Filmmakers should be commended for not selling out on the bleakness of this apocalyptic post 9/11 gem.
What makes this film the cult classic it is is Carpenter's very apocalyptic and brash story.
I remembered the title and the poster from way back, and for some reason I had it mixed up with another apocalyptic flick called "Twilight's Last Gleaming".
In a truly apocalyptic manner, Herzog simply invites us to "come and see" the works of man.
I have seen many movies on the Third World war and the apocalyptic future that waits for us.
I absolutely loved this movie, it was one of the best apocalyptic movies since 28 Week Later, and furthermore, it was more of an isolated incident than a major epidemic.
The possible story lines and the suspense level that such an apocalyptic event could generate is limitless.
Yes it's a psychedelically offbeat, easy going apocalyptic Sci-fi / action hybrid led by a stone-like, but trendy action hero portrayal by Charlton Heston and a prominent budget.
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